Part A:
The Latest from Black Hat
1. Why would security personnel from government agencies (like the NSA) want to attend an annual security convention with hackers?
2. Would the NSA or other security firms want to hire hackers from Black Hat? Why or why not?
3. Why does spying done on U.S. citizens by the NSA bother people? Does it bother you, or make you feel safer? Why?
4. Why would automated custom spear-phishing be so dangerous?
5. How might browser botnet armies be prevented?
6. Why do devices, operating systems, and applications begin to have more security issues as they become more popular?
7. It seems unlikely that everyone who finds a new security threat goes to Black Hat and presents it to the public. What are other options? How can knowledge of this possibility help you?
COLLABORATION EXERCISE
Search the Web for the term computer crime and any related terms. Identify what you and your teammates think are the five most serious recent examples. Consider no crime that occurred more than 6 months ago. For each crime, summarize the loss that occurred and the circumstances surrounding the loss, and identify safeguards that were not in place or were ineffective in preventing the crime.
CASE STUDY
Hitting the Target ...
Why did the attackers spear- phish a contractor to Target? Attackers look for any vulnerability they can find. Spear-phishing a contractor worked and gave them an entry point that was less noticeable that a direct attack on Target
Explain how a third-party contractor could weaken an organization's overall security.
Describe how data was stolen from Target. Credentials were stolen from the contractor and used to break into a vendor server on Target's network. Malware was introduced that found its way to the POS system, which then stole data from the POS terminals and directed the stolen data back to the criminals.
Part B:
Create the following two tables in Access:
Part_LineItem (OrderNumber, PartNumber, Quantity- Ordered, UnitPrice)Order (OrderNumber,
CustomerName, OrderDate)
• Find relatively inexpensive parts that were or dered insmall quantities.
• Find parts that were ordered frequently over a certain period of time.